The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t27.5
The Śulbasūtras of Baudhāyana, Āpastamba, Kātyāyana and Mānava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c8.t27.5
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c8.t27.5
Area taken out of the tail—120 × 12 sq. *aṅg.* or 1/10 sq. *pu.*
Area taken out of the head—(120 × 120 + 8 × 900) sq. *aṅg.* or 1½ sq. *pu.*
*Caturbhāgīyā* is the area of a square of side 30 *aṅg.*, that is 900 sq. *aṅg.*
The area of the head, which is built out of 3 caturbhāgīyās, is 2700 sq. *aṅg.* or 3/10 sq. *pu.*
The area of the tail, after the *prādeśa* portion is taken out, is 14400 sq. *aṅg.* or 1 sq. *pu.*
The area of the body, after 1½ sq. *pu.* are taken out, is 2½ sq. *pu.* or 36,000 sq. *aṅg.*
Since the area taken out of the tail and the body less that used for making the head is added to the wings, the area of each wing is determined as follows :